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โ Dean Murray (@Devman33) February 19, 2019
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๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ - ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ.
With Winnie now starting Primary school and my eldest now at Secondary School it's really reminded to me has fast it goes... How one second we are going through the motions of the night feeds, how we are looking forward to those first steps, to weaning, to potty training - the first day's of motherhood is exhausting and you lose yourself in the day to day. You lose what was once your identity and changed into a new person - for me it was the better of course (clichรฉ to say I know) The first step into motherhood is scary, I questioned my sanity each day, it felt isolating at times, there's the post partum phase, the everything phase. Then they start school and making steps without you and it's like you have to discover yourself all over again. The parenthood guilt of not being the best ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ you can be is there each day - the failures I've had and how it's affected them will be everlasting and at times consuming.
The past few months I've felt lost without the toddler groups (weird right?!) and my little sidekicks shopping with me or cooking with me (I even miss one of them kicking off and laying on the floor at the concept of entering a supermarket, or pushing a sleeping baby in a trolley)
Motherhood is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life, I was a single parent from the get go and without family support I don't know how I would've got through it but I did, we got through the nappy changes & the initial development and now we are onto the next step of life. Oscar still sleeps in my bed, he's my little mamas boy and Winnie still wants hugs and stories but my 12 year old is becoming her own person... And yeah I guess I miss the days she'd climb into my bed and tell me about her day and snuggle. Growing pains I guess.
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๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ
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Permanently fat and shattered - love my kids but how do they survive on little sleep or do they syphon it off me? They argue about going to bed each night then wake up early WHY ๐
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๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐'๐น๐น ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฏ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ!
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๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฒ
As long as there is chocolate, there will be happiness.
Also if you've never seen @parksandrec then you won't know all about Galentine's Day! A creation of the awesome fictional deputy director of Parks and Recreation in Pawnee, Indiana, Leslie Knope. "The show's writers centered the 16th episode of the second season of Parks and Recreation around Leslie's favorite February tradition, Galentine's Day."
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Galentine's Day is a "day for women to celebrate their friendships with their lady friends." Essentially, the meaning of Galentine's Day isย Valentine's Day for your gals. (It's right there in the name).
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In the spirit of Valentines next week - here's a reminder that regardless of your relationship status, self love (I think) is more important. You can be married and still feel alone. You can be single and want companionship. Love comes in many forms - different shapes and sizes.
As I've mentioned lots over the years - I'm a single pringle and I choose to be single and enjoy being single. Single parenting is hard but it would be 100 times worse in an unhappy relationship - in the past I've already spoken about toxic relationships I've been in so I don't feel the need to go into it but what I will say is, is the power I felt realising I'm worthy of more than being gaslit and abused is a powerful feeling.
Someone once said (at a toddler group of all places) that I can't give good advice because I'm single - but this came from someone who was happily married in a relationship since 16 - great for them of course - but I think heartbreak changes you, your perspective and experiences of falling in love with the wrong people gives you great insight, I think it's shallow to judge people just for having a different life journey and assume they have nothing else to offer as they are different to you.
Valentine's Day can sometimes bombard us with unrealistic and idealised ideas of what a relationship is and itโs only to be expected that we constantly try to measure ourselves up to this false idea of perfection. As a result, we can end up feeling inadequate - despite our own lives and relationships being perfectly fine - whether relationships with a significant other or ourselves. Online you'll notice mixed feelings on the subject whether criticising or enjoying the day.
Whether you choose to be alone or whether youโre actively seeking a partner, or have a significant other, Valentine's Day doesn't always have to be about celebrating a relationship with another person. You can celebrate it with the group of friends that are always there for you, your family who are always by your side, or even by yourself celebrating the point that youโre at in your life.
This photos on this post say *she but it applies to all genders, sexual preferences and backgrounds.
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Little Valentines ๐
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๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐.โโ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด
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This. This is today's post. For I am strong but I am tired. Sure I could definitely do a long winded description of how parenting is f*cking hard but if you're a parent/carer you'll know anyway and by no means am I saying I hate being a parent (a single parent at that) but it's just some days are harder than others and I'm feeling all the guilt for past failures and current guilt for current failures, like not being present enough in the mothering role - by this I mean some days I just do what I can to get through the day and happy when it's bedtime.
I have 3 children of 3 different ages, different requirements, different characters, different stories and it's just f*cking hard and there's only one of me.
Together we're a family, we have a different story to lots of people - we definitely aren't a stereotypical family and I love that about us - however, having this style of family definitely comes with its hardships.
This week has felt like a long week - Winnie hasn't been well so she's been attached to me, I haven't minded the fact she's been attached to me of course but the fact when you have an ill child you can't do anything (I brushed my hair one day though, that was nice) and then you have other children that need attention too it just gets full on. Next week is half term so hopefully she'll be back to being herself ๐ค
Hope you're all having a good week!
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Every year on 9 February it is National Pizza Day, a whole day to celebrate all things doughy and delicious!
Here's the very important question - which is your favourite topping?
Here's a photo of Winnie having one of her usual orders at Spoons! She has ham and cheese pizza or pineapple on pizza (I know, the controversy!) Second swipe and you'll see a non-insta-aesthetic messy table and the giant piece of chicken I ate that day! BEAST
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ.๐๐จ๐ฆ
๐ช๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ผ. ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐:
โข ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
โข ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ.
โข ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ญ๐ณ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐.
โข ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐, ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐, ๐ถ๐ป ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด.
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ญ๐ด๐ต๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐.
๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ.
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฒ.๐๐จ.๐ฎ๐ค
"๐ฃ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ - ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ "๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ" ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ต๐ณ ๐๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐๐"
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๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐
With Valentines Day next week I thought I'd create some sweet treats! ๐
๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐
๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด:
โข 300g butter
โข 150g golden caster sugar
โข 350g plain flour
โข 100g rice flour
โข 150g dark chocolate, chopped
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ:
โข100g golden caster sugar
โขsalt flakes
๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฅ:
STEP 1
To make the caramel, heat the sugar in an even layer in a frying pan until it melts and then starts to bubble to a golden brown. Swirl the pan if you need to keep the melting and browning even. (This happens at around 160-180C making caramel quite dangerous to work with so you can always buy pre-made caramel) Add a good sized pinch of salt flakes and tip the caramel onto an oiled baking sheet set on a wooden board. Cool and then break into chips with a rolling pin.
STEP 2
Easy melt the butter in a microwave and mix sugar in a food processor until you have a smooth paste - unless you're me and just bash manually!
STEP 3
Add all of the flours and a pinch of salt and whizz to form a dough. Tip onto a lightly floured board, pat out gently and sprinkle with the caramel chips. Fold in half and then transfer to a 20 ร 30cm tin and push into an even layer - but what I did to create the heart shape was use a cookie cutter and just moulded the dough for baking. Chill for 30 minutes.
STEP 4
Heat the oven to 180c/fan 160c/gas 4. Bake the shortbread for 25 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.
STEP 5
Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, cut around the edges with a knife and then cool completely - take out and enjoy!
I haven't room for two recipes on here but will add the ๐ฟ๐ค๐ช๐๐ก๐ ๐พ๐๐ค๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ to my blog page 'Bryony - Perfectly Imperfect' but to be honest there are literally millions of recipes out there! I was considering a step by step reel but that required more effort but there's also loads of videos online!
As with all recipes you can adapt and see what works (the classic wing it style is my go to) so you can change to suit personal dietary requirements.
๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ค
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